March Adventures!

March has been a great month. It began with spring break and our first trip to Juneau with our friends Beth, Matti, Jen and Rob. We did a lot in a little amount of time. We left the island on Sunday by ferry over to Ketchikan, then flew to Juneau that night. The flight wasn't bad, we only had to make one stop in Sitka before arriving to our destination. And if I enjoyed flying, I might even say it was a beautiful flight. . . which was a nice change after my last trip on the milk run.

A beautiful Alaskan flight.

Beth & Matti excited to get to Juneau!

Jason and I ready to have some adventures!

This is the landing in Sitka. . . notice how it looks like you are about to land on the water??? Which can either be a really cool landing - or a really scary one! Thankfully this was a really cool one.

In Juneau we rented a van from Rent-A-Wreck. It was a lot cheaper and so we were able to get a van that fit all 6 of us. It was an adventure finding the van from the airport. For those of you who don't know - Rent-A-Wreck in Juneau closes at 5:00pm and if your flight comes in after that they park it "near" the airport with the keys in it and your name hanging from the rear view mirror. Well. . . the directions to our van that the woman gave me over the phone were less than great and long story short, Beth and I almost ended up stealing a random van. Thankfully the can of chew that we found led us to believe it was in fact, NOT, our van. I called the emergency number for Rent-A-Wreck and the woman talked us through the "17 second walk" to our van. . . which in fact was not 17 seconds. A free adventure with every rental!

Once settled in at the Silverbow B&B we took good use of the roof top hot tub. And from there on out the adventures just kept on coming!

Midnight Sacks & games at the Silverbow.

Breakfast with Jenn.

Jason & Rob.

Hanging out in our room.

Snowshoeing!

Beth, Matti, Jenn, & I with our snowshoes on.

Before snowshoeing we had delicious waffles at the University Waffle House, next to UAS.

The Juneau Boardwalk from our table at The Hanger.

Dinner at The Hanger - one of Juneau's "finest" place to get some grub. Ha ha. . .

Bowling at Taku Lanes.

Tour at Alaskan Brewery

Beth, Matti, Mine & Jason's bags. . .

Juneau has a Fred Meyers and a Costco. . . needless to say, we did some much needed shopping!

Finally it was time to ferry home on the Taku. This is our boat which took us from Juneau to Ketchikan. We left Juneau at 1:30pm and arrived in Ketchikan at 8:30am the next morning. A perfect end to a fantastic spring break in Juneau!